While Pitt students were cleaning up Oakland and taking care of the physical needs of the needy, Jason & Andrea trained students from Asian Christian Fellowship and members of Pittsburgh Chinese Church-Oakland's International Fellowship on how to meet the spiritual needs of those they come in contact with.

Oakland International Fellowship is located at 134 North Dithridge Street, Oakland on Fifth Ave

The training specifically focused on a type of evangelism called conversational evangelism. For more than 3 hours with teaching, role-playing, and simulations of conversational evangelism among the trainees, they used their time to make a difference.

Photo By Ramesh C. Reddy

Jason started out the training with an introduction of what would happen during the training.

Introduction to InterVarsity's Saturday Morning Training at CMU's Danforth Lounge! (Oct 31, 09, 2:22 p.m.)

Later, Jason asked people their background regarding evangelism to which few of the trainees shared their fears and excitement regarding evangelism.

Photo by Ramesh C. Reddy

Sharing What Aspects Of Evangelism Excite Or Bring Fear! (Oct 31, 09, 2:39 p.m.)

The trainees gave different responses.

Later, Jason shared that 'Evangelism is communicating the core truths of the Christian faith and inviting people to respond and follow Jesus!'

Jason went on to talk about what evangelism is not and asked Andrea to share about the five thresholds of post-modern conversions as related to most college students especially in the non-Asian and non-African cultures.

Sharing on Five Thresholds of Post-Modern Conversion! (Oct 31, 09, 3:03 p.m.)

 Jason went on to briefly talk about the types of evangelism.

Sharing on Types of Evangelism! (Oct 31, 09, 3:12 p.m.)

Afterwards, Jason and Andrea role-played to train others on how to engage people in conversational evangelism.

Sharing on 'How To Engage In Conversational Evangelism, Pt I': (Oct 31, 09, 4:02 p.m.)

Later on, time was spent with the trainees going through questions and thoughts they had.

Sharing on Q&A Regarding Conversational Evangelism, Pt I (Oct 31, 09, 5:01 p.m.)

Debriefing I: Where Did Sin Come From And What's Best Way To Explain it? (Oct 31, 09, 7:44 p.m.)

Debriefing II: Using Our Own Stories, Being Thorough, And Using Common Language In Conversational Evangelism! (Oct 31, 09, 8:09 p.m.)

After role-playing the first part of conversational evangelism, Jason & Andrea took the trainees through the second part of practicing Conversational Evangelism.

Sharing on 'How To Engage In Conversational Evangelism, Pt II': (Oct 31, 09, 9:24 p.m.)

Later, time was spent again practicing with each other's partners and having a time of debriefing.

Debriefing III: Showing Others What It Means To Follow Jesus Christ, Christianity, and the Bible. (Oct 31, 09, 9:36 p.m.)

Debriefing IV: If Someone Says They Are a Christian, How To Treat Them As a Christian+ Using Scripture In Conversational Evangelism!  (Oct 31, 09, 9:52 p.m.)

In conclusion, they showed how to create an opportunity to start conversational evangelism!

How To Have An Opportunity To Start Conversational Evangelism (Oct 31, 09, 10:43 p.m.)